What otorhinolaryngology is researching now
The topics gaining the most ground, ranked by the PubDaily Trend Score: new research, stronger evidence, new trials and new guidelines. 291 topics in 22 specialties, updated 18 Oct 2026.
Monthly reportThe fastest-rising topics in medicine: October 2026Read →Biologics for nasal polyps
Dupilumab and other biologics for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.
Vestibular migraine
Diagnosis and treatment of vestibular migraine.
Gene therapy for hearing loss
Gene therapy for genetic deafness, such as OTOF mutations.
Hearing loss and dementia
Hearing loss, hearing aids and cognitive decline.
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation
An implanted stimulator for obstructive sleep apnoea.
Key point: In France, hypoglossal nerve stimulation is indicated for non-obese moderate-to-severe OSAHS patients with CPAP or MAD failure or contraindications after mandatory DISE.
Tinnitus
Tinnitus mechanisms and treatments, including neuromodulation.
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How the Trend Score works
Four signals
Growth in new papers (35%), growth in randomised trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews (25%), new clinical trials registered (20%), and new guidelines and consensus statements (20%), each over the last 12 months against the 12 before.
A score out of 100
Each signal is ranked against every topic we follow, so a score of 90 means the topic is ahead of about 90% of them. Rising fast: 80 and above. Rising: 55 to 79. Emerging: fewer than 100 papers the year before, too few to rank.
What it does not tell you
More research on a topic is not evidence that a treatment works. Open a topic to read the papers and guidelines themselves. Counts come from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov.